GREENWOOD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - HODGES FAMILY CEMETERY
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Mary R. Mungo (MRMungo@infoave.net)
14 Jan 2000
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HODGES FAMILY CEMETERY
The burying ground of the Hodges family is located just over a mile north
of Hodges, SC. To locate it go out of Hodges on Hwy. 178, then turn right
on Rd. 374 (Grumling Road) and you will turn right at the sign for Piney
Grove Kart Track which is on your right. Go up this road and turn left
upon entering the parking lot. The cemetery is on your left, next to the
concession stand, in the woods. There are 28 visible stones in this
cemetery. Of these, nineteen have been either pulled up or broken, some in
many pieces. I first visited this 'hallowed ground' in 1989 and there were
some stones broken because of falling trees but since this go-cart track
has been established some of the stones have been literally destroyed.
One, in particular, has been broken into twelve pieces.
I visited this cemetery on November 14, 1999.
In memory of / CHS. C. SMITH / Son of / Chs. & Sarah Smith / BORN / July
15, 1849 / and killed by / the fall of a horse / Jan. 28, 1877 / He was a
consistent / member of the M. E. / Church, and died / a true christian. /
Peace be unto him. /
[foot stone C. C. S.]
In memory of / Irine P. Smith / Consort of / Chs. C. Smith / and Dau. of /
Dr. B. C. & L. C. Hart / Born / April 7, 1850 / Died / June 13, 1876 / She
was a member of / the M. E. Church, loved / and admired by all who / knew
her / Suffering much in her affliction, her last / words to her husband,
and / relatives, was to meet her / in Heaven, and not to weep / for her, as
she was going to / rest with her mother in Heaven. /
LITTLE / LAURA / Dau. of / C. C. & I. P. Smith / Age 9 mos. and / 23 days.
/ Suffer little children / to come unto me / and forbid them not. /
To the Memory / of / LAURA C. / Consort of Dr. B. C. Hart / of Cokesbury /
She was born 6th of Aug 1828 / Died January 1870 / She endured for many
months / the pain of severe illness / with gentleness, patience / and
entire resignation to the / will of God. / Edifying all who beheld her /
seeking earnestly the grace / of salvation. / She died with the calm hope /
of a blissful immortality./
[foot stone LCH/1870]
Died / on the / 24th August / 1852, / MARY, / daughter of / B. C. & L. C.
Hart / Aged 7 months /
[foot stone MH]
In memory of / Mary J. Cantey / wife of / Frank S. Anderson / Born April 7,
1845 / Died / July 7, 1866 / One of earths fair- / est, daughters whom / no
one knew but to / love. / Anchored in Heaven /
IN / Memory of / Mrs. FRANCES HODGES / wife of / Majr. John Hodges / who
departed this life / 14th March 1844 / with a glorious hope of / a blessed
immortality / aged 70 yrs 11 mos & 22 days /
[foot stone FH 1844]
In Memory of / Joseph Cantey / Died Oct 14, 1845 / in the 20th year of /
his age. /
[foot stone J.C.]
A. C. S. /
In memory of / Mrs. A. R. Stokes / Who was born June 16th / 1828 and died
July 1, 1858 / Affection prompts the erec- / tion of this simple tomb /
over the remains of one of whom / it can be said -- / "None knew her but to
love her." / But her pure spirit is gone / to commune with her Re- /
deemer, where she waits to / welcome her dear orphan / children. /
[foot stone ARS]
To / the memory of / Capt. J. H. STOKES / who was born 27th May 1826 / and
died 7th August 1853. / An affectionate husband / and kind parent and a
warm / and generous friend / he gently sleeps beneath this sod / most loved
and most lamented / by those who knew him best. / In the midst of a hopeful
career / of usefulness he has passed from / a world of care and sorrow to
that / borne whence no traveller returns / to await the final judgement. /
Peace to his ashes /
[foot stone J.H.S. 1853]
E. A. H. /
[foot stone EAH]
E. J. H. 1838 /
R. E. S. /
[foot stone R.E.S.]
Gen. G. W. HODGES /
[foot stone GWH]
Mrs. R. H.
[foot stone Mrs. R. H.]
Sacred / to the Memory of / Mrs. Phoebe Hodges / wife of Gabriel Hodges /
Born Jan 1, 1804 / Died Aug 8, 1874 / Asleep in Jesus, Blessed sleep / From
which none ever wake / to weep. /
[foot stone P.H.]
Gabriel Hodges / Born Jan 6, 1794 / Died Sept 7, 1874 / "Even so them also
which / sleep in Jesus will / God bring with him." /
[foot stone GH]
Gabriel Wightman Hodges / son of / Gabriel and Phoebe / Hodges / departed
this life / 29th Novr 1835 / aged 2 years 9 mo / and 16 days /
[foot stone G W H 1835]
V. W. /
Leonard J. White / who was born January 31, 1811 / Was married to Celestia
A. Douglass / February 21, 1816 / And departed this lefe April 2nd 1850 /
Aged 39 years 2 months and 2 days / He was a noble and generous person /
his heart and hand was ever open / to the wants of the poor / Benevolence,
kindness and hospitality, were / his most prominent traits of character. /
He has gone; and left a large number of / relatives and friends to mourne
his departure / to that world from wence / no traveller returns. / We can
but grieve though his is gone to his rest, / To the land of the faithful
the home of the blest. / Where joy knows no change, Where the day knows no
night, / Where the glory of God is the fountain of light. /
[this stone was broken into twelve pieces]
John Leroy / son of / L. J. & C. A. White / Departed this life / April
17th, 1850 / Aged 2 years / 2 months & 10 days. / Christ said Suffer /
little children to come unto / me and forbid them not for / of such is the
kingdom of / heaven. / As the sweet flower that scent the morn / But wither
in the rising day / Thus lovely was this infants dawn / Thus swiftly fled
its life away. /
SACRED / to the memory of / Elizabeth M. McKellar / Consort of Jno. W.
McKeller / and daughter of / Donald & Drusilla Douglass / who was born 23rd
Nov. 1817 / and departed this life / the 14th August 1838 / in the triumphs
of Gospel faith / Telling her friends that all is well / She was an
affectionate wife / a tender mother / Kind and hospitable to all. / She was
beloved by all who knew her. /
Peter McKeller / who departed this life / the 17th June 1838 / aged 81 years /
[foot stone PMcK/1838]
Sacred to the memory of / Jane Griffin, daughter of / W. H. & M. J. Griffin
/ Was borned April 25, 1867 and / Died Feb 9, 1868 ag 9 months / and 12
days / Suffer little children / to come unto me and / forbid them not for
of such / is the kingdom of GOD. /
Col. Donald Douglass / Died / July 29, 1854 / In the 58th year of his age /
[foot stone D. D.]
To / the memory of / HEZIKIAH WATSON / who was born Nov 23rd / 1795. / Died
Sep. 1st 1828 / in the 32nd year / of his age. / by W.W. /
[foot stone HW]
IN / memory of / Maj. John Hodges / who departed this life / 24th Dec. 1834
/ aged about 78 / years /
[foot stone J.H./1834]
also a memorial stone:
John Hodges / Pvt SC Militia / Revolutionary War / Dec 24 1834 /
There were many other stones (rocks) in this graveyard but there was no
inscription that could be seen on any of them. There were indentations in
the ground in several places that looked like sunken graves but no
tombstone was found there.
This stone was found in April, 1990 but could not be found in 1992 or later:
Sacred / to the memory of / Druscilla Agnew / born March 7th 1822 / and was
married Dec 6th / 1838 & departed this life / Jany. 1st 1848 / The deceased
united her / self to the Baptist Church / AD 1842 she honored her /
profession by a pious & consistent life. /
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